To the Sisters (and handful of Brothers) who put chemical straighteners crack cream in their hair — Did you ever wonder why the hairstylist is wearing gloves for protection and your head & scalp is bare naked?Does that tell you something about the harm of the crack cream?

Should Negro Men Marcel Their Hair? This was the title of theabove article from Jet magazine on September 24, 1953.Some folks back in the day said marcel or processed hair; also knownas konked hair looked, “sissified” on Brothers.A konk-wearer explained, “We don’t look any more sissified than themen of Victorianian times who powdered their wigs or wore pompadours.” The

Cream Crack How Do I Hate Thee! by BoingBoing You hooked me! I woke up in cold sweats pining from your deadly fumes that filled me up with the aroma of love. You burned me! To touch you left me with patches that stripped life away from the very roots that bloomed from within.

Garret Augustus Morgan (1877- 1963) The website Skin Biology: The Truth About Hair Relaxers,elaborateson how Garret Morgan, known for his invention of the traffic light and gas mask, also invented the first hair relaxer.He was working in a sewing machine repair shop around 1910. Garret was trying to invent a new lubricating liquid for the machine needle.The story goes that